Rebirth of the Great Power

Today's game ended in the morning, and there was still time left in the afternoon for the chess players to rest and adjust.

After taking a nap in the afternoon, when Mu Yuan vaguely opened his eyes, his mind was still a little dazed, he straightened up a little bit, rubbed his forehead, and got off the bed when he regained consciousness.This is to lie down with clothes on, which also saves the trouble of undressing and dressing again.

Mu Yuan glanced casually in private, but didn't see Ji San. After thinking about it, he walked over and lifted the curtain that separated the inner room from the outer room.As soon as the curtain was lifted, Ji San was seen sitting by the window.The afternoon sun hit him through the window covered with white curtains, and shone on his white and well-defined face, almost even the fine fluff was reflected, as if a layer of light was cast over it. It feels warm and clean.At this moment, he was looking intently at the chessboard in front of him, holding a chess piece in his hand but it did not fall.

The sound of Mu Yuan lifting the curtain and coming out startled him, Ji San turned his head from the chessboard, saw Mu Yuan, smiled slightly, and said naturally: "Wake up."

"En." Mu Yuan nodded slightly, then walked over naturally and said, "What are you studying?"

Ji San put the chess pieces back into the box, adjusted his sitting posture slightly, and replied, "I'm watching the chess game between Su Yuzhi and Huan Zhanxuan."

"Oh, do you see anything?" Mu Yuan sat down opposite him while talking.

Ji San smiled: "Su Yuzhi is quite interesting."

"How to say?" Mu Yuan asked.

"Brother Mu, do you know who Su Yuzhi is?" Ji San didn't answer right away, but asked instead.

Mu Yuan remembered what Lu Boren had mentioned to him about Su Yuzhi, and said, "It is said that he is a big businessman in Suzhou."

Ji San nodded and said, "Su Yuzhi is the largest merchant in Suzhou. Two-thirds of the tax revenue of the Suzhou government comes from industries related to the Su family."

Only then did Mu Yuan feel a little shaken.Suzhou is one of the most affluent state capitals in the south of the Yangtze River, and the south of the Yangtze River can be called the economic lifeline of the whole country. It owns two-thirds of Suzhou's industries.

Ji San continued: "Then Brother Mu, what do you think of him?"

Mu Yuan thought for a while, and said, "I haven't had any chance to get in touch with him yet, but he doesn't seem like a good person to get along with."

The corners of Ji San's eyes curled up, and he said with a smile: "There's an interesting thing that I haven't had time to tell Brother Mu. Brother Mu also knows that in the first round of Ping Ping, in order to increase the income and improve the audience's Interesting, each team set up a big board in the courtyard, and decided which chess game to play on each group’s big board by means of bidding. Generally, chess players who have been famous for a long time will have some fans more or less, and this kind of bidding method often leads to It is used by some decent chess players as a way to test their reputation."

Mu Yuan nodded. Although it was his first time to participate in Lunping, he had heard of such rules.

Ji San went on to say: "It just so happens that Su Yuzhi and Huan Zhanxuan are in the same group this time. In the two games on the first day, both of them had their own matches. Huan Zhanxuan and Su Yuzhi are both in this area. The most famous chess players, by chance, they have never met on the chessboard before, and therefore, there has been a long-standing debate between the two. Sometimes the comparison is not only the outcome on the chessboard, There are other things. Huan Zhanxuan had a slight victory in the first round of the market bidding. It is said that Su Yuzhi was very unhappy when he found out. In the second round, Su Yuzhi won at a price much higher than that of Huan Zhanxuan. It won the market, and the highest bidder is Su Yuzhi's follower."

Mu Yuan shook his head lightly, and said with a smile: "In this way, it's a bit too emotional."

Ji San also smiled and said, "Who says it's not. However, I think that things may not be as simple as they seem on the surface."

"Oh?" Mu Yuan asked suspiciously.

Ji San smiled slyly, and asked without answering, "Brother Mu, do you think that a person who can control the entire Suzhou business would be such a frivolous person?"

Mu Yuan suddenly said: "Brother Ji means..."

Ji San smiled again: "On the chessboard, I'm naturally not as good as Brother Mu; but when it comes to seeing people, I don't think I'm far behind."

Mu Yuan pondered for a while, and then slowly said: "In this way, the little doubts I had before probably make sense."

"Oh, brother Mu, what doubts do you have?" Ji San wondered.

Mu Yuan smiled: "Since Brother Ji also thinks that my kung fu is all on the chessboard, let's look at it from the chessboard. Don't Brother Ji think there is something weird about this chess game?"

Mu Yuan pointed to the game of chess on the table.

Ji San frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "I've watched this chess game no less than three times, and I don't think there's anything weird about it."

Mu Yuan smiled, and moved his hands directly on the chessboard: "These few moves were too deep, and the final loss of this part even affected the overall outcome."

Ji San looked at it and said: "These moves are indeed not ideal, but if the opponent hadn't seized the opportunity here to make an anti-encirclement, there might not be such a big loss. It can only be said that the opponent is more advanced Bar."

Mu Yuan smiled faintly: "Brother Ji, you also see it the same way, so other people will naturally not be able to see it."

"What's so weird?" Ji San couldn't help asking directly.

Mu Yuan stopped being tricky, and said directly: "Su Yuzhi's chess style seems fierce, but in fact it is stable. And these few moves are too aggressive, which does not match his style of chess. According to his chess style, Jumping here will be more secure than the previous move, and even if you lose in the final fight, the loss will not be too great. In fact, it is not a big problem to switch to others to play these few moves, but this part of the game Since the two of them regard each other as rivals, they must have done some research on each other. Of course, they should also know that Huan Zhanxuan is obviously better than Su Yuzhi in treating orphans and fighting, and Su Yuzhi's officials are better than Su Yuzhi. Huan Zhanxuan is much better. Su Yuzhi's safest way to play is to try to keep the gap between the two sides in the front as far as possible, and finally use his good officials to decide the outcome. However, in this game, Su Yuzhi took the lead Disrupting the situation will make it easier for Huan Zhanxuan. According to what you said just now, Brother Ji, Su Yuzhi doesn't seem like a person who would do that."

"So, Brother Mu means that Su Yuzhi deliberately lost this game." Ji San said with interest.

Mu Yuan smiled: "This is just my guess. As for why, I can't figure it out."

Ji San pondered for a while, then suddenly smiled and said, "I can guess a little bit about his thoughts. Su Yuzhi is a wealthy businessman in Suzhou, so it is naturally impossible for him to deliberately lose chess for mere gambling, and I have never heard of anyone He placed a heavy bet. However, if he regards Huan Zhanxuan as the biggest and only opponent in this round of chess, it is possible to do so. In this first round of chess, losing a game does not affect the promotion. Winning or losing is the key. If Su Yuzhi regards Huan Zhanxuan as the only opponent, then they will meet again in the next chess game. Su Yuzhi deliberately lost this game, not only saving a move but also letting the opponent relax Be vigilant, in this way, when they meet again, his chances of winning will be greater. On the other hand, the Jedi counterattack will be more interesting. This should be his purpose."

Mu Yuan couldn't help but nodded after listening: "What Brother Ji said makes sense."

Ji San smiled and said: "If our guess is true, I appreciate Su Yuzhi a little bit. As expected of a born businessman, he calculates not only the chess game, but also people's hearts. 'Chess is like a man', the ancients did not deceive me .”

After a pause, Ji San chuckled again: "It's just, it's a pity..."

Mu Yuan waited for a while, but before hearing Ji San's words, he took the initiative to ask, "What's the pity?"

Ji San looked at Mu Yuan, with childlike joy in his eyes: "It's a pity that he just met you, brother Mu. I'm afraid he has no chance to meet Huan Zhanxuan again, and to justify his name. I don't know when Su Yu Will you regret that you didn't go all out to compete with Huan Zhanxuan at the beginning?"

Mu Yuan hooked the corner of his mouth, but didn't say anything more.

Ji San said again: "Tomorrow's match with Su Yuzhi, how will Brother Mu plan to deal with it?"

Mu Yuan seemed to have thought about it a long time ago, and said lightly: "Actually, ordinary folk chess players rarely put so much effort into official chess. The layout and the middle game also pay attention to some chess sense, state, talent and so on. Things, but officials, no matter how big or small they are, can be calculated in real terms, that is, they can be developed by acquired training. It can be seen that Su Yuzhi has indeed put in some hard work in this regard. As for him As far as I am concerned, I am very impressed that I can do this. I think that the greatest respect for an opponent is to fight fairly with the opponent in the field that the opponent is best at. So I think that being able to compete with him officially It's best to decide the outcome."

Ji San nodded: "Then I look forward to seeing a wonderful official match tomorrow."

Mu Yuan shook his sleeves and replied, "Yes."

The chess game on the second day was divided into two games. The game between Mu Yuan and Su Yuzhi was scheduled in the afternoon, and the game between Huan Zhanxuan and Fan Yanxian was scheduled in the morning.Naturally, this kind of excitement should not be missed. Although there was still a match in the afternoon, Mu Yuan and Ji San still went to the chess building to watch the match.

Both Huan Zhanxuan and Fan Yanxian are fierce chess players, and soon after the game started, the flames of war began to spread.After a game of chess, gunpowder was everywhere on the board. In the fierce battle, both sides also made mistakes, but it was still a wonderful game.

This game of chess finally ended with Huan Zhanxuan's victory, and this result was expected by most people.

Not a moment later, Mu Yuan and Su Yuzhi had already sat down in the private room that served as the game room, and the game of deciding who could participate in the final decisive battle officially began.